February 1, 2008
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Patent de/reform
First thing we do is kill all the inventors is a post on pending patent reform that Britt Blaser posted last year; but seems especially appropriate to re-visit as new law comes closer to being made. Too often, as we focus on clashes between titans (witness the current writing about Microsoft maybe buying Yahoo so… Continue reading
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Advertising vs. Newspapers
Robert Niles in OJR: News publishers like to point to television, free news online, English literacy rates and slew of other reasons to explain their readership losses. But the contempt that newspapers show for their readers by burying their editorial content beneath their remaining advertising surely is not helping keep readers around. He goes… Continue reading
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So, should we go?
We planned to leave this afternoon to go skiing in Vermont tomorrow. Here’s the current Winter Storm Watch for Smugglers Notch: ..WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY… THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM… Continue reading
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The clarity challenge
Some assignments for Social Graph Foo Camp is my latest at Linux Jounal. The camp starts today. Some bottom lines… Social systems are as old as humanity, and among the most complex and subtle topics of human existence. To call a Twitter following or a Friend list on Facebook a “social network” is a… Continue reading